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Granite State Debates, 1st CD: Do undocumented immigrants pose a threat to national security?

The Republican candidates in the 1st Congressional District discuss the millions of immigrants that pour across the border and whether they pose a threat to national security.

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Updated: 8:34 PM EDT Sep 2, 2014

Granite State Debates, 1st CD: Do undocumented immigrants pose a threat to national security?

The Republican candidates in the 1st Congressional District discuss the millions of immigrants that pour across the border and whether they pose a threat to national security.

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WEBVTT OTHERWISE YOU WILL NEVER GET THESE PEOPLE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE INTELLIGENCE ON EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE MILLIONS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN THIS COUNTRY. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE DEEMED AN INITIALLY A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY? WELL, YES. SOME PERCENTAGE OF THEM COULD BE. YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT AS A GROUP. I DON'T THINK WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT TO GO ON. IT IS OUR FAULT THAT WE ALLOWED THEM TO GET THROUGH THE BORDER. THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HERE. WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THAT EITHER. MR. INNIS, SAME QUESTION. YOU REALLY HAVE TO WORRY NOW, WITH ISIS SAYING THEY ARE COMING AFTER US. WHAT IS THE BEST ORDER FOR THEM TO CROSS. ANYONE WHO GOT HERE ILLEGALLY IS SOMEONE THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO, WHETHER IT IS THE NSA OR SOME OTHER APPROACH. TYING IT BACK TO THE LAST QUESTION, I LIKE THE POINT THAT BRENDAN MADE. THERE SHOULD BE PROBABLE CAUSE. SOMEONE WHO CAME ACROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MONITORING THEIR ACTIVITY. MR. GUINTA, DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE PROBABLE CAUSE IN EXAMINING AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT? IF YOU ARE CAUGHT HERE ILLEGALLY, THERE IS A PROCESS WHICH YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH PRIOR TO DEPORTATION. WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THE EXISTING LAWS IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS NOT BEING DONE BY THIS PRESIDENT. SECONDLY, WE HAVE GOT TO CLOSE THE BORDER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE COME ACROSS THE BORDER IN THE LAST YEAR, IT IS BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT ISSUED AN ORDER TWO YEARS AGO WHICH HE REAFFIRMED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. WE HAVE HAD MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE CROSS THIS BORDER. THE BORDER HAS TO BE CLOSED. IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF HOMELAND SECURITY. IF WE COULD AT LEAST AGREE ON

Granite State Debates, 1st CD: Do undocumented immigrants pose a threat to national security?

The Republican candidates in the 1st Congressional District discuss the millions of immigrants that pour across the border and whether they pose a threat to national security.